KUCHING: The current grid generating capacity in the state is at 3,544MW to meet the power demand of 3,315MW in 2016 compared to about 3,000MW in 2015. Minister of Rural Electricity and Water Supply Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said the new 624MW Balingian coal-fired power station is expected
KUCHING: Sarawak has a total of 279,300 senior citizens in 2016, counting for 10.2 per cent of the total population. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development, Datuk Fatimah Abdullah disclosed this at her winding-up speech at the State Legislative Assembly sitting here yesterday. In encouraging their
KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Vice Women chief, Angeline Umih agreed with Datuk William Nyallau that the person(s) hiding behind anonymity on an article, ‘Nyallau may give way to new face in Lubok Antu’ speaks for his/their characters; the source(s) are either ill-informed or have malicious intentions. Angeline said PRS
MIRI: The Mega Hotel here has successfully collected 45 pints of blood through its blood donation campaign at the hotel lobby on Wednesday. Its communication manager, Jenny Chen said the blood donation campaign was part of the hotel’s annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. “We managed to collect 45 pints
KUCHING: While water supply coverage in the urban area is reaching 100 per cent, coverage in the rural area is only at about 61 per cent. This was revealed by Minister of Rural Electricity and Water Supply Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom when delivering his winding-up speech during the
KUALA LUMPUR: KFC’s popular cheese series continues with a unique cheese breakthrough, Keju 3 Rasa! This new limited time offer is expected to excite fans even more with the introduction a of three-flavoured spicy and tangy cheese sauce to top KFC’s signature Hot & Spicy chicken. The ‘triplelicious’ flavour of
LAWAS: A school teacher and his two sons were arrested by police after they were found positive for drugs during an anti-drug operation in Sundar Sub-District recently. The suspects, aged 50, 20 and 22 years, were detained at the teachers’ quarters by a police team from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation
KUCHING: An allocation of RM61.6 million had been approved by the state government this year for the 23 Local Authorities (LAs) to implement 476 small to medium-sized infrastructure projects such as the upgrading of street lightings, traffic light systems, footpaths, public toilets, libraries, jetties and recreational parks. Of the total projects, 464
SARAWAK recorded 4.66 million tourist arrivals in 2016, bringing in estimated tourism receipts of RM8.37 billion. Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports, Datuk Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the tourist arrival figure represented 3.19 per cent increase as compared to the 2015 figure. “For 2017, my ministry
LIMBANG: ABC Club continue be as the best team in Limbang with their latest collection by winning the Limbang FA Cup 2016/2017 final against Tiger FC team through penalties (3-2) at the Limbang Sports Complex, here, on Sunday. With the win, they took home the Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail challenge
